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British soldiers embedded with an Afghan National Army unit recently to offer advice on a three-day operation to clear a vital supply route and search for insurgents.

British soldiers training Afghan police have hailed the success of a training course that has seen its biggest intake ever.

British troops provided support to the Afghan Uniform Police as they built a new checkpoint to protect the residents of a Helmand village from insurgents.

British and Afghan soldiers launched an airborne operation into an isolated area of Helmand province which they then swept for any insurgent activity.

1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment have seen their first class of Afghan Uniform Police graduate recently while more experienced Afghan Police working with the battalion have carried out independent operations.

Soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (1 YORKS) have taken gifts to Afghan children in Helmand to help them celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid.

British and Afghan soldiers were recently flown into an area of Helmand province which has rarely seen security forces in an attempt to reassure the local population.

Troops from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1 PWRR) have been carrying out security patrols recently in a small village in Helmand province alongside members of the local Afghan Police.

A Royal Engineers officer has won a prestigious award in recognition of his work developing the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).

Following their return to the UK, the Brigade Commander and commanding officers of two of the main British units deployed to southern Afghanistan between April and September 2011 have spoken of a tour during which UK Forces worked closer than ever with their Afghan partners to mutual benefit.